World English Bible
2 Samuel 24:25
“David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 24
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all this, king, does Araunah give to the king." Araunah said to the king, "May Yahweh your God accept you.
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The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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